Wiley Post Airport satellite view
📍 Oklahoma City⬆ 1,300 ft3 runways
KPWA · PWA

Wiley Post Airport

35.53420°N
-97.64710°W
ARR / DAY
60
9.7%
DEP / DAY
60
1.9%

Wiley Post Airport (KPWA/PWA) is a small general aviation airport located in Oklahoma City, OK. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,199 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 60 arrivals and 60 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
6 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPWA 210953Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02890178

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

17L
68% of ops
1,377 land · 1,045 TO
35R
13% of ops
266 land · 27 TO
17R
10% of ops
208 land · 38 TO
13
5% of ops
96 land · 4 TO
35L
3% of ops
66 land · 286 TO
31
1% of ops
15 land · 22 TO
Runway 17L carries 68% of operations (1,377 landings, 1,045 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35R at 13%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17L 1,377 landings
UA 8%GA 0.1%
35R 266 landings
UA 19%
17R 208 landings
UA 12%
13 96 landings
UA 4%
35L 66 landings
UA 8%
31 15 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 17L show a 8% unstable-approach rate (115 UA events from 1,377 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
112.7
flights/day · 3,381 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–8pm local, averaging 112.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (97.6 vs 123.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (43% of 2,250 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 126.900
TWR 126.900 0700-2200
TWR 306.900 0700-2200
GND 121.700 0700-2200
ATIS 128.725 0700-2200
APCH 120.450
APCH 124.200
APCH 124.600
APCH 263.075
APCH 266.800
APCH 288.325
APCH 336.400
UNICOM 122.950
EMERG 121.500 0700-2200
OTHER 122.400
WILEY PO 122.400
OTHER 124.200
FUNNL DP 124.200
JUDDG RN 124.200
WAYMAN R 124.200
RDHWK DP 124.200
KRMSN DP 124.200
OTHER 124.600
FUNNL DP 124.600
CCASH RN 124.600
FAKEY RN 124.600
KRMSN DP 124.600
DAWKS RN 124.600
BASTS RN 124.600
RDHWK DP 124.600
LCL/P 126.900 0700-2200
EMERG 243.000 0700-2200
OTHER 266.800
BASTS RN 266.800
FUNNL DP 266.800
DAWKS RN 266.800
KRMSN DP 266.800
RDHWK DP 266.800
CCASH RN 266.800
LCL/P 306.900 0700-2200
OTHER 336.400
FUNNL DP 336.400
JUDDG RN 336.400
KRMSN DP 336.400
RDHWK DP 336.400
WAYMAN R 336.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 9 AM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
AlanM70
10/07/2025
Lifeline Flight
Picked up 2 pax and gave them a ride to KLBO
skyhawk1pilot
08/27/2007
great airport
This is my home base. Graet airport fuel prices too high always go to HSD or 208 to buy fuel
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